The Sugar King of Havana: The Rise and Fall of Julio Lobo, Cuba's Last Tycoon: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Sugar King of Havana: The Rise and Fall of Julio Lobo, Cuba's Last Tycoon runs 9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Vance (about 6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 9 hours, it is shorter than 53% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Simon Vance
Simon Vance narrates 793 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 8,393 hours in all.
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About as long, on the World shelf
1,009 World audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Sugar King of Havana: The Rise and Fall of Julio Lobo, Cuba's Last Tycoon is an audiobook by John Paul Rathbone: a 9-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Vance, released August 24, 2010, on the World and Business & Career Development shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Vance
- Released
- August 24, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, Business & Career Development
- ISBN
- 9781400188758
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Sugar King of Havana: The Rise and Fall of Julio Lobo, Cuba's Last Tycoon as an audiobook?
The Sugar King of Havana: The Rise and Fall of Julio Lobo, Cuba's Last Tycoon runs 9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.
Is The Sugar King of Havana: The Rise and Fall of Julio Lobo, Cuba's Last Tycoon free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Sugar King of Havana: The Rise and Fall of Julio Lobo, Cuba's Last Tycoon?
The Sugar King of Havana: The Rise and Fall of Julio Lobo, Cuba's Last Tycoon is narrated by Simon Vance.